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By: Jay https://richardb10001.com/2012/07/03/cricket-is-the-best-sport-from-intelligent-life-magazine/#comment-1101
Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:35:25 +0000http://richardb10001.com/?p=2119#comment-1101I am sorry but for me, BASEBALL offers the best of all spectator sports. Baseball has the fast-paced, explosive action, speed and power of football, the tangible momentum swings and tension build up of soccer, the etiquette and heritage of golf, and the technique and individual flair of the NBA. It’s not hard to agree that all of the above factors are pretty awesome. It is the greatest game!
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By: fromthefourthcorner https://richardb10001.com/2012/07/03/cricket-is-the-best-sport-from-intelligent-life-magazine/#comment-1077
Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:18:40 +0000http://richardb10001.com/?p=2119#comment-1077I understand why people who haven’t grown up in a cricket environment find it boring, but the more you understand the game the more engrossing it becomes. Test matches which last 5 days are especially like this, people ask me how I can watch a sports game that last 5 days but I actually prefer it to the shorter versions, because the complexity and nuances of the game come out more in the 5 day version.
One of my favourite sporting stories involves cricket – it happened in the 1950s, a New Zealand player whose fiancee had just died in a railway disaster fought against the odds after his teammates had all been injured or defeated. Its a great tale of emotion and character I think, and you don’t have to like cricket to like the story. There’s a writeup about it here: http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/380889.html if anyone is interested!
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By: Tracie Louise https://richardb10001.com/2012/07/03/cricket-is-the-best-sport-from-intelligent-life-magazine/#comment-1076
Wed, 04 Jul 2012 01:16:51 +0000http://richardb10001.com/?p=2119#comment-1076I’m a total cricket fan… played womens cricket for years when I was younger. And now that they have 20/20 games, which are fast and furious.. the game is better than ever. Baseball I don’t “get”… but hey… I’m an Aussie. I’m an Aussie who is married to an American, who recently lost her husband for two weeks after he flew to the USA just to attend Spring Training… that SUCKED!!
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By: John Berry https://richardb10001.com/2012/07/03/cricket-is-the-best-sport-from-intelligent-life-magazine/#comment-1069
Tue, 03 Jul 2012 15:25:43 +0000http://richardb10001.com/?p=2119#comment-1069Richard, I guess I never “got” cricket! To me it was just standing there on the cold edge of a big East Anglian field in a biting wind, waiting for a ball to come my way. Now, Rugby – that was something else again. Or sailing a dinghy up and down an estuary with 6 knot tides and 10,000 ton freighters competing for the channel, all in a “Mad March gale” – THAT needed strategy and lots of split-second decisions!